Hurricane Ivan

I appreciate all the e-mails and phone calls asking about my family since many of you know that they reside in God's Little Acre: Alabama. The Hurricane came ashore early this morning near the city of Mobile.

All of my family lives in Birmingham which is about 250 miles north of there, so at present nothing at all has happened. This afternoon they expect 60 MPH sustained winds and some serious rainfall amounts, but no life-threatening hurricane type things.

Apparently, the greater concern, if you read the Alabama papers on line, is whether or not there will be enough police and firemen to work the football games of the Tigers and Crimson Tide this weekend because they'll be working their jobs in Ivan's aftermath. That alone should let you know how serious the situation seems to be though.